2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tannum Sands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tannum Sands
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Tannum Sands than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where 60.8% of households are couples with children. The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tannum Sands — higher than 57% of areas.
| Tannum Sands | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 36.2%. Only 21.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
21.5% ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tannum Sands, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are common, with couples without children making up 27.9% of the mix. One-parent families account for 11.0% of the total, which is well below the national figure.
11.0% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tannum Sands, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tannum Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32742/tannum-sands/topic/family-households